diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 34cb4d2..3261b02 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 			},
 			{
 				start: '2018-10-03',
-				end: '2018-10-06',
+				duration: '1m 4d',
 				name: 'Write new content',
 				id: "Task 1",
 				progress: 5,
diff --git a/src/date_utils.js b/src/date_utils.js
index 3782cea..43aaf5f 100644
--- a/src/date_utils.js
+++ b/src/date_utils.js
@@ -7,6 +7,28 @@ const SECOND = 'second';
 const MILLISECOND = 'millisecond';
 
 export default {
+    parse_duration(duration) {
+        const regex = /([0-9])+(y|m|d|h|min|s|ms)/gm;
+        const matches = regex.exec(duration);
+
+        if (matches !== null) {
+            if (matches[2] === "y") {
+                return { duration: parseInt(matches[1]), scale: `year` };
+            } else if (matches[2] === "m") {
+                return { duration: parseInt(matches[1]), scale: `month` };
+            } else if (matches[2] === "d") {
+                return { duration: parseInt(matches[1]), scale: `day` };
+            } else if (matches[2] === "h") {
+                return { duration: parseInt(matches[1]), scale: `hour` };
+            } else if (matches[2] === "min") {
+                return { duration: parseInt(matches[1]), scale: `minute` };
+            } else if (matches[2] === "s") {
+                return { duration: parseInt(matches[1]), scale: `second` };
+            } else if (matches[2] === "ms") {
+                return { duration: parseInt(matches[1]), scale: `millisecond` };
+            }
+        }
+    },
     parse(date, date_separator = '-', time_separator = /[.:]/) {
         if (date instanceof Date) {
             return date;
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 5039c7c..758e413 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export default class Gantt {
         } else {
             throw new TypeError(
                 'Frappé Gantt only supports usage of a string CSS selector,' +
-                    " HTML DOM element or SVG DOM element for the 'element' parameter"
+                " HTML DOM element or SVG DOM element for the 'element' parameter"
             );
         }
 
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ export default class Gantt {
         this.tasks = tasks.map((task, i) => {
             // convert to Date objects
             task._start = date_utils.parse(task.start);
+            if (task.end === undefined && task.duration !== undefined) {
+                task.end = task._start;
+                let durations = task.duration.split(" ");
+
+                durations.forEach(tmpDuration => {
+                    let { duration, scale } = date_utils.parse_duration(tmpDuration);
+                    task.end = date_utils.add(task.end, duration, scale);
+                })
+            }
             task._end = date_utils.parse(task.end);
 
             // make task invalid if duration too large
@@ -307,7 +316,7 @@ export default class Gantt {
             this.options.header_height +
             this.options.padding +
             (this.options.bar_height + this.options.padding) *
-                this.tasks.length;
+            this.tasks.length;
 
         createSVG('rect', {
             x: 0,
@@ -455,7 +464,7 @@ export default class Gantt {
             const width = this.options.column_width;
             const height =
                 (this.options.bar_height + this.options.padding) *
-                    this.tasks.length +
+                this.tasks.length +
                 this.options.header_height +
                 this.options.padding / 2;
 
@@ -557,10 +566,10 @@ export default class Gantt {
                 date.getDate() !== last_date.getDate()
                     ? date.getMonth() !== last_date.getMonth()
                         ? date_utils.format(
-                              date,
-                              'D MMM',
-                              this.options.language
-                          )
+                            date,
+                            'D MMM',
+                            this.options.language
+                        )
                         : date_utils.format(date, 'D', this.options.language)
                     : '',
             Day_upper:
@@ -674,7 +683,7 @@ export default class Gantt {
 
         const scroll_pos =
             (hours_before_first_task / this.options.step) *
-                this.options.column_width -
+            this.options.column_width -
             this.options.column_width;
 
         parent_element.scrollLeft = scroll_pos;